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Fiery Angel wrote:

Harmonov wrote:It's been awfully quiet on here the last three days. I assume people are prepping their snarky disappointment responses for today's big announcements...

Tax time.

Or teabagging time; take your pick.

I'm guessing this is the month we finally get Vivre sa vie.

Wings of Desire and possible other Wenders releases seem like a decent bet for July.

Yeah, I predict:

Wings of Desire
Paris, Texas
Monterey Pop
Slumdog Millionaire

With this July seeing the fortieth anniversary of the first Moon landing, I expect that For All Mankind will be one of Criterion's Blu-ray releases for that month.

swo17 wrote:Yeah, I predict:

Slumdog Millionaire

Oh God, Noooo. ](*,)

Time for my monthly Gorin Box prediction. I'm so used to guessing it by now that once they finally release it I'm sure I'll still be bringing it up every month

C'mon Greenaway!

swo17 wrote:Yeah, I predict:

Wings of Desire
Paris, Texas

What about Alice in the Cities? I'm predicting a Wenders boxset in the upcoming announcement.

Huge titles like that? Nah, they'll be side by side spines. I predict Wenders X2, Monterey Pop, the Cook... and maybe Walkabout, plus one of the Eclipses we were promised from the first wave

I see Walkabout coming out alongside Insignificance, a la The Man Who Fell to Earth and Bad Timing.

edit: re: wenders

Yeah that'd be an odd mix of films.

Though they could call it something like, um, <snark> "The Rise and Decline of Wim Wenders" </snark>

The Agnes box had two "huge titles" (Cleo, Vagabond). I don't think a box is out of the question. Although, I don't understand why they would box Alice with the other two Wenders titles since Alice is part of its own Trilogy (Alice, Wrong Move, Kings of the Road).

what do you think the releases for July will be?

That's what we've been discussing?

Hopefully, Vivre Va Sie...please release it!!! Maybe Face to Face even though that is doubtful

My guess:

Walkabout
Insignificance
Don't Look Now
Revanche
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

The Documentaries of Mayles Brothers (Eclipse)

Cinephrenic wrote:My guess:

Revanche

Revanche is a good call. I wouldn't be surprised to see that.

Harmonov wrote:Revanche is a good call. I wouldn't be surprised to see that.

It's not even hitting U.S. theaters until May. I think it will be a while.

Cinephrenic wrote:My guess:

Walkabout
Don't Look Now

A Don't Look Now announcement would make me squeal like a teenage fangirl.

Walkabout would be welcome too.

My guess: The Wim Wenders Trio

The Criterion site has Deep Crimson available for viewing online. Have they been making films available online that they haven't released on DVD yet? Apologies if everyone but me knew about this, but I suspect this is a pretty good indication that they're going to release this at some point.

Ishmael wrote:The Criterion site has Deep Crimson available for viewing online. Have they been making films available online that they haven't released on DVD yet?

Mentioned on page 50 this topic.

Didn't we shut down the old "Criterion Sweepstakes / Guess What They're Releasing Next Month" thread because it was - I dunno - annoying and pointless? Or maybe it was because nobody who got it right ever won a cake.

zedz wrote:Didn't we shut down the old "Criterion Sweepstakes / Guess What They're Releasing Next Month" thread because it was - I dunno - annoying and pointless? Or maybe it was because nobody who got it right ever won a cake.

You're right, we did use to have a "Guess the June Releases" type thread every month. And then we deleted it when they got announced. Looking at how quickly this thread fills up with useless comments, it might not be a bad idea to go back to that system. I mean, I like speculation... up to a POINT.

I kinda like it all in one place (even at 69 pages) but if the topic was deleted after each announcement, or merged into one locked thread, that might not be so bad.